Title :
A bird´s eye view on the descent trajectory
Author_Institution :
Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
fDate :
7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The image of a flat patch of ground, as seen by a descending observer, can be made locally stationary by choice of the local descent angle. This defines a descent trajectory which maintains a motion contrast between the image of a three-dimensional target and that of its background.
Keywords :
image recognition; motion estimation; object recognition; target tracking; tracking; visual perception; background; descending observer; descent trajectory; flat patch of ground; local descent angle; motion contrast; three-dimensional target; visual perception; Aerospace and electronic systems; Birds; Contracts; Geometry; Hydrogen; Joining processes; NASA; Object detection; Retina; Trajectory;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
